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Dollmaker - Nakamura Hiromine - FRONTRUNNERS
Fukuoka's summer traditional festival, Hakata Gion Yamakasa, features huge floats decorated with elaborate dolls. We meet Nakamura Hiromine, a fourth-generation dollmaker fusing this tradition with modern ideas.
Nakamura Hiromine, who makes this doll for the Hakata Yamakasa festival, a tradition that has continued in Hakata for 780 years
Everyone praises each other after the Shinto festival is over.
Hiromine's father and master, Nakamura Shinkyo (right) and Hiromine (left)
Dollmaker Nakamura Hiromine
